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Such is the curious case of Future Gaming and Hotel Services and its owner, Santiago Martin...
According to data released by the Election Commission of India on 21 March, Martins Future Gaming was the highest purchaser of electoral bonds, having donated Rs 1,368 crore, mainly to the Trinamool Congress and the DMK..
Significantly, Future Gaming accounted for 77.5 percent of DMKs political donations between 2019 and 2023, followed by construction firm Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, which donated Rs 105 crore...
Martin also connected with the DMK in another way his son-in-law Aadhav Arjuna, a national basketball player, worked with the party when he was employed at Prashant Kishors election strategy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) during the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly polls, and later moved to the DMKs political strategy company, PEN...
The ECs electoral bond data made public on the Supreme Courts insistence now shows how Martins Future Gaming has kept the DMKs coffers flush...
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DMK received ₹509-Cr worth electoral bonds from ‘Lottery King’ Santiago Martin
18, Mar, 24Santiago Martin’s company, Future Gaming and Hotel Services, purchased electoral bonds worth ₹1,368 crore between April 12, 2019 and February 2024, of which 37% went to the DMK | Latest News India